Armed forces minister James Heappey has said that British soldiers in Afghanistan are facing “extraordinary circumstances” at Kabul airport. UK troops were deployed to Kabul airport to aid the evacuation of people from the country, following the Taliban’s total takeover of Afghanistan. Mr Heappey told the BBC that while soldiers are helping with the evacuation,…
ShadowPad, an infamous Windows backdoor that allows attackers to download further malicious modules or steal data, has been put to use by five different Chinese threat clusters since 2017. “The adoption of ShadowPad significantly reduces the costs of development and maintenance for threat actors,” SentinelOne researchers Yi-Jhen Hsieh and Joey Chen said in a detailed…
The Taliban say they will not extend the deadline for Western forces to leave Afghanistan. A spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, told the BBC’s Yalda Hakim that the 31 August was a red line and that any extension would be a “clear violation” of the Doha agreement between the United States and the Taliban. He said that…
E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News 23. August 2021 This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News According to a Fox News correspondent, the US State Department was hit by a cyberattack, and the Department of Defense Cyber Command was…
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) The U.S. State Department was purportedly the victim of a serious cyber attack in recent weeks, according to a Fox News report published on Saturday. The extent of breach and when it was discovered are currently unknown. Citing an unnamed source, the outlet stated that the Department of Defense’s Cyber…
Microsoft Exchange Under Attack With ProxyShell Flaws; Over 1900 Servers Hacked! | IT Security News 22. August 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of active exploitation attempts that leverage the latest line of “ProxyShell” Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that were patched earlier this…
Mozi, a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known to target IoT devices, has gained new capabilities that allow it to achieve persistence on network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE, according to latest findings. “Network gateways are a particularly juicy target for adversaries because they are ideal as initial access points to corporate networks,” researchers at…
Google recently removed 8 apps that were masquerading as cryptocurrency cloud mining applications from its Play Store. This comes as the demand for cryptocurrency mining has been increasing day by day, also attracting malicious activities from several places. The 8 apps banned on Google Playstore are: BitFunds – Crypto Cloud MiningBitcoin Miner – Cloud MiningBitcoin…
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are being cautioned worldwide to be wary of Android apps that promise to mine Bitcoins over the cloud. According to researchers from a private IT security agency, cybercriminals duped nearly 100,000 users into downloading fake android apps for crypto mining services. Over 170 fake Android apps for crypto mining services, 25 apps found…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of active exploitation attempts that leverage the latest line of “ProxyShell” Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that were patched earlier this May, including deploying LockFile ransomware on compromised systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523, and CVE-2021-31207, the vulnerabilities enable adversaries to bypass ACL controls, elevate privileges on the Exchange…
